2. The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or
state of the blessed after death.
Unto the God of love, high heaven's King.
Spenser.
It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell.
Shak.
New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven.
Keble.
In this general sense heaven and its corresponding words in other
languages have as various definite interpretations as there are phases
of religious belief.
3. The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed,
collectively; -- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.
Her prayers, whom Heaven delights to hear.
Shak.
The will And high permission of all-ruling Heaven.
Milton.
4. Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity;
bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight. "A
heaven of beauty." Shak. "The brightest heaven of invention." Shak.
O bed! bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary
head!
Hood.
Heaven is very often used, esp. with participles, in forming compound
words, most of which need no special explanation; as, heaven-appeasing,
heaven-aspiring, heaven- begot, heaven-born, heaven-bred, heaven-
conducted, heaven-descended, heaven-directed, heaven-exalted,
heaven-given, heaven-guided, heaven-inflicted, heaven-inspired, heaven-
instructed, heaven-kissing, heaven-loved, heaven-moving,
heaven-protected, heaven-taught, heaven-warring, and the like.
Heav"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heavened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Heavening.]
To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify. [R.]
We are happy as the bird whose nest Is heavened in the hush of
purple hills.
G. Massey.
Heav"en*ize (hv"'n*z), v. t. To render like heaven or fit for heaven.
[R.] Bp. Hall.
Heav"en*li*ness (?), n. [From Heavenly.] The state or quality of being
heavenly. Sir J. Davies.
Heav"en*ly, a. [AS. heofonic.] 1. Pertaining to, resembling, or
inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions;
heavenly music.
As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.